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Growth hacking
fromEntrepreneur
12 hours ago

Innovation Looks Like Hype Before It Really Works - Here's Why

Innovation progresses slower than public perception, leading to overhyped technology trends and narratives that can be difficult to change.
from24/7 Wall St.
11 hours ago

Goldman Says It's Time to Buy Tech. I'd Start With These Tech Deals

Goldman Sachs' Chief Equity Strategist Peter Oppenheimer has called the recent sell-off in U.S. tech stocks a rare 'buying opportunity,' suggesting that the current market conditions may favor investment in this sector.
Apple
#ai-adoption
fromFortune
1 day ago
Startup companies

Intuit was an AI pioneer. Why its stock became a SaaSpocalypse casualty | Fortune

Startup companies
fromFortune
1 day ago

Intuit was an AI pioneer. Why its stock became a SaaSpocalypse casualty | Fortune

Being an early adopter of AI does not guarantee protection against market panic, as shown by Intuit's stock performance during the SaaSpocalypse.
E-Commerce
fromTechCrunch
1 day ago

Walmart-owned Flipkart, Amazon are squeezing India's quick commerce startups | TechCrunch

India's quick commerce market is rapidly growing, with Flipkart expanding its dark store network amid intense competition and profitability challenges.
#venture-capital
fromFortune
1 month ago
Venture

OpenAI's original VC bet: How Vinod Khosla stepped in after Elon Musk balked | Fortune

fromFortune
2 months ago
Venture

Silicon Valley legend Kleiner Perkins was written off. Then an unlikely VC showed up | Fortune

Venture
fromFast Company
1 day ago

The 3 reasons why VCs invest: Faith, opportunity, or evidence

Venture capital rounds are driven by three core reasons: faith, opportunity, and evidence.
Venture
fromEntrepreneur
3 days ago

What I Look for Before Backing a Billion-Dollar Company

Investors prioritize startups that fundamentally disrupt industries rather than those making minor improvements.
fromFortune
1 month ago
Venture

OpenAI's original VC bet: How Vinod Khosla stepped in after Elon Musk balked | Fortune

fromFortune
2 months ago
Venture

Silicon Valley legend Kleiner Perkins was written off. Then an unlikely VC showed up | Fortune

#ai
fromTechCrunch
6 days ago
Startup companies

AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost | TechCrunch

fromFortune
2 weeks ago
Silicon Valley

Billionaire OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla thinks 80% of jobs could vanish by 2030, and that 'fear of AI' puts American politics in a chokehold | Fortune

Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
6 days ago

AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost | TechCrunch

Rocket's platform helps users determine what to build by generating detailed product strategies using AI.
Podcast
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

CEO Says He'll Hire Anyone Who Can Vibe Code With AI, Regardless of Actual Skill

Steven Bartlett prioritizes hiring individuals who can effectively use AI in coding, emphasizing a vibes-based approach to recruitment.
Silicon Valley
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Billionaire OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla thinks 80% of jobs could vanish by 2030, and that 'fear of AI' puts American politics in a chokehold | Fortune

By 2030, 80% of jobs will be AI-capable, leading to potential job displacement and significant political implications.
Media industry
fromFortune
2 days ago

OpenAI's TBPN deal shows how talent, media, and influence are collapsing into one | Fortune

OpenAI's acquisition of TBPN reflects a shift in valuing integrated media, talent, and distribution as interconnected assets.
Careers
fromEntrepreneur
3 days ago

How to Find a Tech Company That Matches Your Values

Identify non-negotiables and evaluate tech companies based on values and ethical practices.
Education
fromBusiness Matters
1 week ago

Interview with Sujay Thakur: Building Vision from the Ground Up

Sujay Thakur is a multifaceted entrepreneur focused on real estate, education innovation, and sustainable growth.
#bitcoin
fromBitcoin Magazine
4 days ago
Cryptocurrency

Tim Draper Confirmed As A Bitcoin 2026 Speaker

Tim Draper, a prominent Bitcoin advocate, will speak at Bitcoin 2026, emphasizing his long-term investment and belief in Bitcoin's future.
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago
Cryptocurrency

VC Chamath Palihapitiya Warns Non-State Actors Will Leverage Quantum Computing to Attack Bitcoin's 'Honeypot'

Quantum computing poses an imminent threat to Bitcoin, with a 5 to 7-year deadline for the network to adapt or face severe consequences.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
4 days ago

Tim Draper Confirmed As A Bitcoin 2026 Speaker

Tim Draper, a prominent Bitcoin advocate, will speak at Bitcoin 2026, emphasizing his long-term investment and belief in Bitcoin's future.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

VC Chamath Palihapitiya Warns Non-State Actors Will Leverage Quantum Computing to Attack Bitcoin's 'Honeypot'

Quantum computing poses an imminent threat to Bitcoin, with a 5 to 7-year deadline for the network to adapt or face severe consequences.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
6 days ago

Harish Pandey Joins GoWit as Head of Growth for MENA & India

Harish Pandey has been appointed head of growth for MENA and India at GoWit to drive regional expansion and strategic growth initiatives.
Silicon Valley
fromFortune
6 days ago

Sam Altman and Vinod Khosla agree: AI will break the economy. Their fix is no income tax for most Americans | Fortune

Vinod Khosla proposed eliminating federal income taxes for those earning under $100,000, aligning with OpenAI's economic reform ideas for the AI age.
Growth hacking
fromFast Company
2 days ago

5 lessons from hypergrowth companies like Tesla and Lululemon

The fastest teams achieve growth by questioning, cutting, and simplifying processes rather than adding more requirements.
#ai-development
fromFast Company
5 days ago
Careers

Why human capital is the ultimate moat in AI-first finance

A human-first approach to AI development prioritizes engineering talent as a strategic asset over traditional GPU-first strategies.
Artificial intelligence
fromSilicon Canals
5 days ago

The tokenization tax: Why AI costs non-English speakers up to 5x more per query, and how India is fighting back - Silicon Canals

Vivek Raghavan chose to build AI models for India, emphasizing local needs over waiting for Silicon Valley solutions.
Careers
fromFast Company
5 days ago

Why human capital is the ultimate moat in AI-first finance

A human-first approach to AI development prioritizes engineering talent as a strategic asset over traditional GPU-first strategies.
Artificial intelligence
fromSilicon Canals
5 days ago

The tokenization tax: Why AI costs non-English speakers up to 5x more per query, and how India is fighting back - Silicon Canals

Vivek Raghavan chose to build AI models for India, emphasizing local needs over waiting for Silicon Valley solutions.
Digital life
fromBusiness Matters
2 weeks ago

What Fast-Moving Digital Industries Teach Us About Business Agility

Fast-moving industries exemplify business agility by rapidly adapting to trends and customer needs, a practice all businesses should adopt.
#anthropic
Venture
fromTNW | Anthropic
6 days ago

Anthropic in talks to invest $200m in private equity venture to push Claude into enterprise

Anthropic is negotiating a joint venture to integrate its Claude models into private equity portfolio companies, investing $200m and potentially raising $1bn.
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Anthropic taps former Microsoft India MD to lead Bengaluru expansion | TechCrunch

Venture
fromTNW | Anthropic
6 days ago

Anthropic in talks to invest $200m in private equity venture to push Claude into enterprise

Anthropic is negotiating a joint venture to integrate its Claude models into private equity portfolio companies, investing $200m and potentially raising $1bn.
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Anthropic taps former Microsoft India MD to lead Bengaluru expansion | TechCrunch

European startups
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Accel, Prosus pick six 'off-the-map' startups for inaugural India cohort | TechCrunch

Accel and Prosus selected six innovative startups in India focusing on undefined markets and long-term scientific themes.
Venture
fromTechCrunch
6 days ago

The AI gold rush is pulling private wealth into riskier, earlier bets | TechCrunch

Family offices are increasingly investing directly in AI startups, bypassing traditional venture capital due to the urgency of the AI boom.
Marketing
fromForbes
3 weeks ago

Fintech Marketers Are All In On AI-And They Know Where To Stop

Marketing organizations increasingly adopt AI tools like Claude to automate workflows, but fintech and crypto companies face unique challenges balancing efficiency gains with brand authenticity when customers entrust financial futures.
#ai-startups
Startup companies
fromEntrepreneur
3 weeks ago

I've Built Startups for 40 Years. AI Just Flipped Everything I Know

Experienced founders must adapt their business fundamentals to AI's unique technical complexity, as traditional startup patterns prove insufficient in this emerging field.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago
Venture

In the AI boom, startups are speedrunning unicorn status

AI startups are raising capital so frequently that many exceed unicorn valuations before publication, forcing them off future unicorn lists.
Startup companies
fromEntrepreneur
3 weeks ago

I've Built Startups for 40 Years. AI Just Flipped Everything I Know

Experienced founders must adapt their business fundamentals to AI's unique technical complexity, as traditional startup patterns prove insufficient in this emerging field.
Venture
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

In the AI boom, startups are speedrunning unicorn status

AI startups are raising capital so frequently that many exceed unicorn valuations before publication, forcing them off future unicorn lists.
European startups
fromTechRepublic
1 month ago

Singapore and India Are Competing to Become APAC's AI Hubs - TechRepublic

Singapore and India are emerging as distinct AI hubs in Asia Pacific, with Singapore focusing on regional deployment and governance while India builds large-scale AI development capabilities.
Higher education
fromFortune
1 month ago

Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla predicts education will be free, and the future of college 'is a real question' | Fortune

Technology will make higher education free and optional, transforming college from necessity to hobby as AI democratizes expertise and knowledge.
fromSequoia Capital
1 month ago

Services: The New Software

If you sell the tool, you're in a race against the model. But if you sell the work, every improvement in the model makes your service faster, cheaper, and harder to compete with. A company might spend $10K a year for QuickBooks and $120K on an accountant to close the books. The next legendary company will just close the books.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

India neobank Fi winds down banking services on its platform | TechCrunch

The banking services on the Fi app will soon be discontinued; however, your Savings Account with Federal Bank remains active and fully operational. Your funds remain completely safe and accessible at all times. The company said in the email, reviewed by TechCrunch.
Startup companies
#ai-assisted-coding
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

An Accel VC says the vibe coding market is big enough for Cursor and Claude Code

The AI-assisted coding market is expanding rapidly with room for multiple successful companies like Cursor and Claude Code, driven by new user adoption and increased per-customer consumption.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

An Accel VC says the vibe coding market is big enough for Cursor and Claude Code

The AI-assisted coding market is expanding rapidly with room for multiple successful companies like Cursor and Claude Code, driven by new user adoption and increased per-customer consumption.
European startups
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

India woos global tech, bets big on AI data centers

India offers a two-decade tax exemption for foreign tech companies operating data centers for overseas services, aiming to become a global AI and cloud computing hub.
Miscellaneous
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

India disrupts access to popular developer platform Supabase with blocking order | TechCrunch

India's government blocked Supabase under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act on February 24, causing widespread access disruptions across multiple internet providers without publicly stating a reason.
Wearables
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

After Zomato, Deepinder Goyal returns with a $54M brain-monitoring bet | TechCrunch

Deepinder Goyal raised $54 million for Temple, a wearable startup measuring cerebral blood flow for elite athletes, marking his shift toward higher-risk ventures after stepping down as Zomato CEO.
Artificial intelligence
fromForbes
1 month ago

Why Top Founders Are Becoming 'Claudepilled' And What It Means

Top founders are using Claude AI to automate entire business operations rather than one-off tasks, fundamentally transforming how they work and gaining competitive advantage.
Business intelligence
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: This isn't our first SaaSpocalypse | TechCrunch

Salesforce reported strong Q4 earnings with $10.7 billion revenue and $72 billion RPO, while aggressively addressing investor fears about AI agents disrupting SaaS business models through dividend increases and a $50 billion buyback program.
#ai-infrastructure
fromFortune
1 month ago
Tech industry

AI investments surge in India as tech leaders convene for Delhi summit | Fortune

fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

India bids to attract over $200B in AI infrastructure investment by 2028 | TechCrunch

fromFortune
1 month ago
Tech industry

AI investments surge in India as tech leaders convene for Delhi summit | Fortune

fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

India bids to attract over $200B in AI infrastructure investment by 2028 | TechCrunch

World news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

The tech bros might show more humility in Delhi but will they make AI any safer?

The Global South risks being left behind in AI despite significant Indian tech contributions, hubs, and investments, with low adoption and uneven economic benefits.
fromSan Jose Inside
1 month ago

Silicon Valley Execs and Venture Capitalists Jump on Matt Mahan's Early Bandwagon

Initial fundraising reports from the first week of Matt Mahan's gubernatorial campaign filed Tuesday reveal the depth of support for the moderate Democrat from Silicon Valley executives and venture capitalists. Reports filed with the California Secretary of State show just 21 individuals contributed more than $1.6 million to Matt Mahan for Governor 2026 in the first two days of his campaign.
US politics
fromWWD
1 month ago

Charlie Smith Talks Nothing's India Flagship, Partnership Pipeline

Inspired by '70s assembly lines and workshops, the duo-floor space offers personalized service to the brand's range of smartphones and audio products, and comes with studio space for social media content creators. It also features a community hangout zone with vending machines, claw games and conveyor belt displays, and a coffee shop in collaboration with Practically SoBar. The brand said the store will also host meetups and collaborations with local creators in the future, and offer Nothing brand merch.
Gadgets
Business
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Inside the career rise of Sundar Pichai, Google and Alphabet's current CEO

Sundar Pichai rose from modest Chennai origins to lead Google and Alphabet, steering the nearly $2-trillion company through major challenges and the AI era.
fromFortune
1 month ago

Silicon Valley legend Vinod Khosla has 'no plans to leave California' amid billionaire tax uproar-but he has another idea to fix the wealth loophole | Fortune

California will lose its most important taxpayers and net off much worse. Even people who don't expect this initiative to pass are still planning to leave because there will be another one. You're permanently reducing the tax base on an ongoing basis to get a one shot. That's what a junkie does, a one-time shot.
Venture
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Billionaire OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla says he thinks today's 5-year-olds probably won't need a job

It's pretty unlikely a five-year-old today will be looking for a job. The need to work will go away. People will still work on the things they want to work on, not because they need to work. Rapid advances in AI and robotics will make most labor effectively free within 15 years, creating an era of extreme abundance and lower prices.
Artificial intelligence
World news
fromTechRepublic
2 months ago

India Offers Tech Giants Tax-Free Status Until 2047 - TechRepublic

India offers a full tax holiday until 2047 for foreign AI and cloud providers that route global services through Indian data centers, conditional on using Indian reseller entities.
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

Billionaire VC founder Vinod Khosla distances himself from pro-ICE remarks by an exec at his firm

no law enforcement has shot an innocent person
US politics
fromTNW | Insider
2 months ago

TNW Weekly Briefing

European Commission opens call for evidence on Open Digital EcosystemsSignal: The EU is preparing a structural shift toward open, interoperable digital infrastructure. This marks a move from regulating dominant platforms to actively shaping alternatives and reducing strategic dependency. DMA and DSA enter an enforcement-heavy phase in 2026Signal: Europe's digital laws have moved from principle to execution. Compliance, fines, litigation, and operational constraints are now the central risk factors for large technology companies in the EU.
Miscellaneous
Tech industry
fromTNW | Insights
2 months ago

TNW Weekly Briefing

G2 consolidates B2B software discovery through major acquisitions; Slush appoints Noora Saksa to expand year-round founder platform; France phases out Zoom and Teams.
Artificial intelligence
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Intelligent Alpha CEO's Top Mag-7 Picks: Google and Apple for Personal AI

Personal AI—intelligent systems that know users and operate on personal devices—will dominate 2026, with Google and Apple best positioned to lead due to their data infrastructure, device ecosystems, and distribution advantages.
Careers
fromFortune
2 months ago

Like DoorDash and Google's CEOs, $7.6 billion Informatica boss is a McKinsey alum-he says being 'pushed around' by smart consultants helped him grow | Fortune

McKinsey's rigorous, analytical training prepares leaders for C-suite roles, equipping them with problem-distillation skills and resilience through high-pressure experiences.
#reid-hoffman
fromWIRED
2 months ago
US politics

Reid Hoffman Wants Silicon Valley to 'Stand Up' Against the Trump Administration

fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
US politics

Reid Hoffman urges Silicon Valley leaders to stop bending the knee to President Trump | TechCrunch

fromWIRED
2 months ago
US politics

Reid Hoffman Wants Silicon Valley to 'Stand Up' Against the Trump Administration

fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
US politics

Reid Hoffman urges Silicon Valley leaders to stop bending the knee to President Trump | TechCrunch

US politics
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Reid Hoffman says business leaders must speak up

Immigration restrictions and geopolitical tensions threaten U.S. tech leadership and economic benefits, while leaders should use their voices to steer society toward better futures.
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Bolna nabs $6.3 million from General Catalyst for its India-focused voice orchestration platform | TechCrunch

Y Combinator rejected the application from Bolna, a voice orchestration startup built by Maitreya Wagh and Prateek Sachan, five times before finally accepting it into the fall 2025 batch, skeptical that the founders could turn interest into revenue. "When we were applying for Y-Combinator, the feedback we got was, 'great to see that you have a product that can create realistic voice agents, but Indian enterprises are not going to pay, and you are not going to make money out of this,'" Wagh told TechCrunch.
Startup companies
Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Amagi slides in India debut, as cloud TV software firm tests investor appetite | TechCrunch

Amagi raised ₹17.89 billion in an IPO but shares debuted below the issue price, valuing the company around ₹75.44 billion with most revenue from overseas.
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Khosla's Keith Rabois backs Comp, which wants to bolster HR teams with AI | TechCrunch

Our forward-deployed HR execs do all the work manually at first, and then they use that work to train the AI how to think in best practices. The idea, of course, is that over time, Comp's AI agents will become fully autonomous and capable of performing traditional HR functions.
Venture
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

India's AI boom pushes firms to trade near-term revenue for users | TechCrunch

India became the world's largest market for generative AI app downloads in 2025, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, widening its lead over the U.S. as installs jumped 207% year-over-year. Companies including OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity rolled out extended free premium offers to accelerate user growth in the price sensitive market.
Artificial intelligence
Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Nvidia deepens early-stage push into India's AI startup ecosystem | TechCrunch

Nvidia is partnering with Indian venture funds and nonprofits to engage AI startups earlier, fostering long-term customer relationships and expanding chip and software adoption.
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

Thirukumaran Sivasubramaniam: Turning Ideas Into Action

Big ideas do not always arrive with attention or applause. Often, they are shaped quietly through experience, discipline, and persistence. That is how Thirukumaran Sivasubramaniam approaches his career. As Co-Founder and COO of Fintex Inc. in Toronto, he is known for turning complex ideas into working systems. His leadership style is practical, steady, and grounded in lived experience. It is a style shaped long before his professional career began.
Startup companies
Venture
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

India has changed its startup rules for deep tech | TechCrunch

India extended deep-tech startup status to 20 years and raised the benefits revenue cap to ₹3 billion, pairing regulatory reform with public and private patient capital to support commercialization.
Startup companies
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

Bollywood dance teammates raised $5.3 million for their Y Combinator AI startup. Read their pitch deck.

Two University of Michigan graduates raised $5.3 million from Y Combinator to scale Orange Slice, an AI tool that generates prospecting spreadsheets for sales teams.
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
2 months ago

This AI startup wants to be your virtual 'computer for business'

Adapt is an AI hub that launches cloud VMs to connect business software, pull and merge live data, analyze it, and generate code and visualizations.
Venture
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

India doubles down on state-backed venture capital, approving $1.1B fund | TechCrunch

India approved a ₹100 billion ($1.1bn) state-backed fund-of-funds to channel government capital into private VCs targeting deep-tech, AI, and advanced manufacturing startups.
Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

The creator economy's ad revenue problem and India's AI ambitions | TechCrunch

Top creators are building product businesses and acquiring companies to diversify revenue beyond ads, creating full-scale business empires.
Venture
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Tiger Global, Microsoft to fully exit Walmart-backed PhonePe via its IPO | TechCrunch

Tiger Global and Microsoft are selling their entire stakes in PhonePe in an IPO-driven secondary share sale while Walmart retains majority ownership.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

OpenAI deepens India push with Pine Labs fintech partnership | TechCrunch

OpenAI partnered with Pine Labs to embed AI into Pine Labs' payments infrastructure, automating settlement, reconciliation, and invoicing to accelerate AI-led commerce in India.
#vibe-coding
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Just 8 months in, India's vibe-coding startup Emergent claims ARR of over $100M | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Just 8 months in, India's vibe-coding startup Emergent claims ARR of over $100M | TechCrunch

Venture
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

4 founders share how AI's 'Second Wave' promises apps that create entirely new experiences

The next AI phase will create entirely new consumer products and experiences, not just cost-saving automation, unlocking new revenue.
fromTNW | Insider
2 months ago

Where tech leaders now choose to meet

That model no longer fits how tech leaders work today. Over the past years, I have spent time in conversations with founders, executives, and operators who carry real responsibility inside their organizations. As a community builder, I often speak with them before they commit to attending events. Their questions are direct. They want to know who will be in the room, how discussions are structured, and whether the environment allows honest exchange.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Fundamental raises $255 million Series A with a new take on big data analysis | TechCrunch

Nexus is a deterministic Large Tabular Model designed to analyze enterprise structured data more reliably than transformer-based LLMs.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

India has 100M weekly active ChatGPT users, Sam Altman says | TechCrunch

India is one of OpenAI's largest markets with 100 million weekly ChatGPT users, second only to the United States, driven largely by student adoption.
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